Through writing, students can express their idea in writing form, but almost all of the students have a difficulty in writing text, especially English text.
.Using medium in teaching learning process is very important. Media are instrument used to convey or to transmit messages of study materials. In other words,
media are instructional medium for students that can stimulate them for learning. This research will investigate whether using pop up cards as media that can
facilitate students understanding of the English writing text or not because through the pop up cards the students will get the idea and clue for English writing text.
It is hoped that pop up cards as 3D visual aids can make the instruction of writing easier and make the students interested in English writing text, especially
descriptive text. This research is conducted to find out the influence of using pop up cards as a media of the st
udents‟ writing achievement especially in making descriptive text.
Furthermore, Different from usual pictures or cards, pop up cards can present interesting visual cards that can make students more enthusiastic in learning writing
descriptive text.
1.3 Statement of the Problems
The research questions are formulated as follows: 1.
How is the descriptive text writing ability of the eight grade students of MTs N 1 Semarang?
2. How is “pop up cards” applied in teaching descriptive text?
3. How effective is teaching descri
ptive text by using “pop up cards”?
1.4 Objectives of the Study
The objectives of the study can be stated as follows: 1.
To identify the students‟ ability in writing descriptive text. 2.
To elaborate the application of “pop up cards” in teaching descriptive text. 3.
To find out the effectiveness of pop up cards in writing descriptive text.
1.5 Statement of Hypothesis
In conducting the experiment of pop up cards as the media, a working hypothesis is prop
osed: “Pop up cards will be a more significant way to help the students
‟ achievement of writing descriptive text than use pictures”. Besides, the null hypothesis is also proposed since the hypothesis will be
statistically analyzed based on the result of the experiment: “There will be no significant difference in class using
“Pop up cards” and usingthe conventional medium
”
1.6 Significance of the Study
By conducting this study, the researcher wishes the result would be useful for: 1.
For teachers
This study is supposed to be one of the references for teachers in Junior High School to use a interesting medium in teaching writing. The researcher hopes
that it will give teachers inspiration for improving their teaching method. So, the students will get better achievement.
2.
For students
In the other side, this study is expected to help students get idea and explore their writing skill in making text.
3.
The readers
The study of this research will be a good reference and knowledge for readers who want to teach a descriptive text by using pop up cards as their medium.
4.
For the researcher
The result will be a useful reference. As a teacher candidate, she should know how to teach writing skill using interesting media to make the students not get
bored in learning writing English text.
1.7 Definition and Key Term
